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MCA has over 120 parking spots onsite. Especially with the removal of the temporary trailer more parking is available in 2019. Also, the MCA pays Willowtree apartment monthly to get access to their parking lot on Jummah (Friday prayers). In addition, the NC54 parking is available on the weekends and afterhours. Congregants can also access the masjid through the public transportation system. The Ride bus stops are in front of the MCA and Ann Arbor Bus lines 22 (northeast Ann Arbor, 23 (from the medical center and campus) and 65 (from downtown) stop there. Plus the University of Michigan Northwood and Northwood Express buses stop at NC54.

To address the traffic flow, the MCA has reached an agreement with our neighboor to build an exit (egress) in the back of the parking. Therefore, at peak times like jummah (friday prayers), pick up/drop off for the school and Ramadan, there will be one way flow into the parking and an exit out of the proposed exit to make traffic flow better in and out of the MCA parking. This will reduce time and congestion.

Weekly announcements regarding the MCA and Muslim community in Ann Arbor and vicinity. The announcements are updated every Friday and you can receive them by email by entering your email and clicking on the subscribe tab below.

Why does the MCA conduct the first service for the Jumu’ah congregation sometimes before the start of the time of Zuhur?

The answer, in short, is that we do this to accommodate as many people as possible for the Jum’ah service by taking advantage of a valid position in the Hanbali school of jurisprudence (Fiqh) which permits the Jumu’ah prayer before the start of the time of Zuhur.

The crowds of Jumu’ah prayer necessitated having two services – had we had one service we would have certainly made that one service after the start of the Zuhur.

This is the view of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Imam Ishaaq ibn Raahawayh. The basis of those who hold this view is a number of authentic hadeeths:

Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allah narrated: We used to pray with the Messenger of Allaah, then we would go back and let our camels used for carrying water rest. Hasan said: I said to Ja’far: At what time was that? He said: When the sun passed its zenith. [Muslim – 858]

Sahl said: We used not to take a nap or eat lunch until after Jumu‘ah. [Muslim – 859]

Imam Shawkaani said: In this hadeeth there is an evidence for those who take the view that it is permissible to pray the Jumu’ah congregation before the sun passes zenith…This is so because [the norm of] eating lunch and taking a nap were [then] done before the sun passed its zenith.